2005 in Sports - Multi-sport Events

Multi-sport Events

  • Fourth East Asian Games held in Macau, China
  • 20th Summer Deaflympics held in Melbourne, Australia
  • 23rd Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines
  • First Asian Indoor Games held in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Seventh World Games held in Duisburg, Germany
  • 15th Mediterranean Games held in Almería, Spain
  • XXIII Summer Universiade held in Izmir, Turkey
    • Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 65 medals, including 26 golds.
  • XXII Winter Universiade held in Innsbruck, Austria
    • Austria tops the medal table with a total number of 21 medals, including 10 golds.

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